Java XML Date dateToString(Date date)

Description

date To String

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static String dateToString(Date date) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Calendar;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;

public class Main {
    public static String dateToString(Date date) {
        if (date == null)
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("date cannot be null");

        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(date);

        String result = DatatypeConverter.printDateTime(cal);

        if (result.length() < 16)
            return result;
        else
            return result.substring(0, 16);
    }
}

Related

1. convertDate(String date)
2. dateToDouble(Object value)
3. dateToString(Date date)
4. dateToXsdDateTime(Date date)
5. extractXsdDatetime(String string)
6. formatXmlDate(Calendar cal)